by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 20, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Wool: An Ancient and Modern Textile Fiber Along with linen and cotton, wool is one of the oldest textile fibers in the world, and the oldest animal textile fiber. Along with this, sheep, the major producers of wool, join goats and cattle as animals with the... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 15, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Not all Memory Foam Is the Same When a Swedish foam manufacturer, Fagerdala, introduced mattresses made with its Tempur Material to consumers over 25 years ago, it was the only memory foam on the market. Now when you shop for memory foam products, especially... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 15, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Many Uses in Mattresses As Old as History Cotton rivals linen as one of the oldest major textile plant fibers. According the Fair Trade Foundation, “Cotton is the world’s oldest commercial crop…” Cotton textiles were produced for trade thousands of years before the... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 12, 2017 | Blog
History, Trends, Types, Marketing, Innovations, Etc. This blog section is about memory foam mattresses in particular (as is this site) and mattresses in general. The first two articles here are about (1) the 25th anniversary of the memory foam mattress, and (2)... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 9, 2017 | Sleep Issues
Sleep Issues Just as sure as night and day, sleep is a part of life – not just a part, but an integral part. It’s the way we are made. Machines can be made to run day-and-night weeks at a time, but not the human body. A few decades ago, a lot was written about how... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 9, 2017 | Certifications
Over 120 Years of Testing Products for Safety Those of us who grew up in the 20th Century remember seeing the UL tags and labels with the legend, “Tested by Underwriters Laboratories” on almost all new electrical products. We knew the device should be... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 1, 2017 | Certifications
Organization An inspection and certification body for sustainable development. Ecocert is a third party inspection and certification firm based in France. It was started in 1991 by agronomists interested in promoting organic and sustainable agricultural... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Mar 31, 2017 | Certifications
Organization Certifications and Evaluations eco-INSTITUT, based in Cologne, Germany, started in 1988. It is an independent testing and verification firm which has gained a reputation for testing above and beyond standards set by governmental agencies in the European... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Mar 31, 2017 | Certifications
The Organization IVN stands for Internationale Verband der Naturtextilwirtschaft. The English translation is International Association Natural Textile Industry. It is a standards setting and certifying organization for textiles. Based in Germany, its... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Mar 26, 2017 | Filling & Materials
What Is Gel? Gel can be described as a semi-solid. Gel has properties of both solids and liquids. According to Wikipedia, “A gel is a solid jelly-like material that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough.” A more technical description is a...
